Roll-paper holder and cutter



(No Model.)

B. .B. WESTON. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

' No. 428,192. Patented May 20, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDW'ARD B. WESTON, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 428,192, dated May 20,1890.

Application filed October 28, 1889. Serial No. 328,411. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD B. WEs'roN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, havein vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders andCutters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to that class of rollpaper holders and cutters inwhich the cutting-knife and its supporting-arms follow the roll by theirown weight as the paper is re moved and the roll decreases in size; andit consists inthe construction and arrangement of parts, the novelfeatures of which will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the aocon'ipanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theholder and cutter. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same.

A is a suitable base-piece, upon which is fastened the frameof theholder, consisting of two upright pieces or standards B and a cross ortop bar 0. The roll of paper D is wound on a roller which is journaledby the pins E in notches n, cut in the uprights B.

The cutting-knife F, with its cutting-edge downward, is pivoted looselyin the lateral supports or arms G by the pivot-pins p. This knife isfashioned with a thick rounded back 11 to rest upon the paper and serveas a brake to the roll when the paper is being torn off. The lateralarms G are pivoted to the standard, so asto allow the knife to swingdownward and follow the roll of paper as the roll decreases in size, andboth arms and knife are made comparatively heavy, so as to rest upon theroll with some force while in use.

The knife F is pivoted below its center of gravity, so that the broadrounded back of the knife will always rest upon the paper, and to limitthe rotation of the knife in its pivots the arms G are provided with thestops or guides c. \Vhen the roll of paper is placed between thestandards, the cutting-knife will rest heavily on the paper, and Whenthe desired quantity is wound oif the paper is drawn up against theknife-edge and torn ofi. The knife being loosely hung or pivoted in thesupporting-arms, the back of the knife is pressed down on the paper inthe act of tearing, and thus the roll of paper is held in place withoutthe necessity of any brake other than the knife itself. The stops 0limit the turning or tipping back of the knife, as Without them theknife would be apt to turn farther than desirable and sometimes turncompletely over.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination, with the frame andpaper roll, of

lateral supporting-arms pivoted to the frame,

a cuttingknife loosely pivoted below its center of gravity to said arms,and stops or guides on said arms to limit the rotation of the knife,substantially as shown and described.

EDWARD B. WESTON. Witnesses:

C. W. DUSTIN, WM. HOBLIT.

